anonymous@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · há 1 anoWhat's something you just learned, that you should have known for a while?message-squaremessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down19
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minus-squareSkyhighatrist@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-2há 1 anoThe etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
minus-squareRhynoplaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·há 1 anoI just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.
The etymology suggests that originally we just called livestock cattle (i.e. these are My animals, my property), and the name was so ubiquitous that when it came time to give the specific species a name, it stuck.
I just assumed otherwise, because that’s pretty funny if it’s true.